Pennsylvania Girlchoir Tour 2007

Sunday, June 24th
Prague

A walking tour of the Jewish quarter in the morning

Waiting to go into the Jewish synagogue,
a little singing helps to pass the time, so...

...it was a good moment to rehearse the words
to "the Czech song"

Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery, with over 60,000 graves

Lunch at the Metropolitan House, a beautiful Art Nouveau building

With Martina, one of our Prague guides,
all smiles after lunch!

metro station

A couple of paparazzi on the metro escalator

The afternoon was devoted to rest in the hotel—
then rehearsal at the Museum of Music,
(a refurbished building with a fascinating collection of musical instruments
and a spectacular acoustic)
followed by a wonderful concert there
with Pueri Gaudete, a Czech boychoir

Dinner at a fun Czech restaurant featured—(let's hear it, girls!)
—DUMPLINGS!

Monday, June 25th
Prague to Dresden

Our final look at Prague before we leave for Dresden
is a moment inside the beautiful St. Vitus Cathedral
at the Prague Palace

St. Vitus rose window

St. Vitus Cathedral rose window

singing in St. Vitus

And "Lift Thine Eyes" has never sounded more beautiful
than it did in this magnificent Cathedral

Grabbing some snacks at the Prague train station

Waiting for the train to Dresden

"Yes, this is all MY luggage!"

Arriving in Dresden, we have a short walking tour
under "moody" skies

galeria

And we escaped the sudden downpour
by chilling at the Frauenkirche Square Galeria

amani for host families

Singing "Amani" to greet our Dresden host families

Tuesday, June 26th
Dresden

A morning of sightseeing with our tour guides Eckhard and Angelica

Frauenkirche cupola

The cupola of the beautifully restored Frauenkirche

tour guide Eckhard

More beautiful sights as we walk along the River Elbe,
all dramatically described to us by our tour guide Eckhard

in the courtyard of the Royal Palace

In the courtyard of the Royal Palace
waiting for the carillon to play "Summer" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons

lunch

After lunch we ducked in to see the interior of the beautiful Frauenkirche,
which was restored stone by stone (each in its original place)
after the WWII bombing—
the restoration took twenty years and was just completed in 2005

Pre-concert dinner (wonderful food prepared by our hosts)
with our Dresden choir friends

Mi'kmaq was truly magical in this glorious resonant space —
here are the girls chanting and creating the sounds of the Canadian desert
from the balcony